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lordlarm on Feb 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Pen.io

I wanted to test this and decided on the name "test", which was taken. I tried "test1", then "test12" .. etc. My point: let me choose if I want a nice URL, and if I decide, then tell me if it is taken. I the meantime I would have enjoyed something like: pen.io/fjS7f Besides from that: great idea and nice design.

feint on Feb 10, 2011 [–]

good point. I'll look at making a random URL function

aaronblohowiak on Feb 10, 2011 | [–]

you can use https://github.com/aaronblohowiak/Random-ID/raw/master/uuid.... -- just call newId(4) to get four characters of b64uri randomnes.. or newId(10), &etc.

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